Andrew Tierney

The weakness which affects the radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder chip used in immobilisers was discovered in 2012, but carmakers sued the researchers to prevent them from publishing their findings.

As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.